Westerly Apartments

    14300 Detroit, Lakewood, OH, 44107
    4.8 · 5 reviews
    • Independent living
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    4.0

    Welcoming community with small apartments

    I was impressed with the facility - the director was very nice, staff welcoming and spent time with residents, and tenants were friendly. The atmosphere and community spirit are wonderful, with professional maintenance, a walk-in shower with grab bars, plenty of activities and a great location - it really has everything. My only gripe: the one-bedroom felt too small.

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    4.80 · 5 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      5.0
    • Staff

      4.5
    • Meals

      4.8
    • Amenities

      3.3
    • Value

      4.8

    Pros

    • Welcoming, attentive staff
    • Staff spend time with residents
    • Comfortable, home-like atmosphere
    • Friendly, social community
    • Strong community spirit
    • Professional and efficient maintenance
    • Accessible bathroom features (walk-in shower with grab bars)
    • Impressive, well-maintained facility
    • Pleasant and approachable director/management
    • Active, positive activities
    • Good location/positive area
    • Comprehensive amenities and services

    Cons

    • One-bedroom units are small
    • Some amenities may be more than residents feel they need

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is clearly positive: residents and visitors describe Westerly Apartments as a welcoming, well-run community with a comfortable atmosphere and strong social life. Multiple comments praise the staff for being friendly and for spending time with residents, creating a supportive and home-like environment. The facility itself makes a good impression on reviewers—several specifically used words like "impressed," "wonderful place," and "best place," indicating high overall satisfaction.

    Care quality and staff: Reviews emphasize the human side of care. Staff are repeatedly characterized as welcoming and attentive, with explicit notes that they take time to engage with residents. The director/management is described as nice and approachable, which reinforces the impression of a caring leadership. While these summaries do not detail clinical care or medical support levels, the consistent praise for staff attentiveness and resident comfort suggests that interpersonal care and daily support meet residents' expectations.

    Facilities and accessibility: The property receives positive comments for being impressive and well-maintained. Maintenance is singled out as professional and efficient, which is an important operational strength and likely contributes to the good first impressions reported by reviewers. Accessibility features are noted — specifically a walk-in shower with grab bars — indicating attention to resident safety and mobility needs. Many reviewers also say the community "has everything," implying a broad set of amenities and services are available on-site.

    Social life and activities: A recurring theme is the friendly, social environment and strong community spirit. Reviewers highlight positive activities and a pleasant tenant mix, describing fellow residents as friendly and the atmosphere as loved. These points suggest an engaged community with opportunities for social interaction and events that residents appreciate.

    Management and operations: Management appears effective and resident-oriented. Positive mentions of the director and efficient maintenance point to a responsive operational team. The overall upkeep and the impression of having comprehensive resources support the idea that administration prioritizes a well-functioning, comfortable environment for residents.

    Notable patterns and concerns: The most consistent negative point is that one-bedroom units are considered too small by some reviewers. That is the clearest, specific drawback mentioned. A secondary, subtler concern is that the breadth of amenities may exceed what some residents personally need — summarized as "has everything, not needed all that" — which could imply that some features are unnecessary for certain residents or that unit sizes or layouts compromise living space relative to amenities. There are no consistent complaints about staff behavior, safety, dining, or cleanliness in the provided summaries, nor are there detailed criticisms about costs or medical care.

    Conclusion: Taken together, the reviews present Westerly Apartments as a warm, well-maintained senior living community with strong staff engagement, social opportunities, and solid management. The primary area for prospective residents to examine further is unit size — particularly one-bedroom layouts — to ensure the floorplan meets their space expectations. Otherwise, the community’s strengths in interpersonal care, maintenance, and programming make it highly attractive according to the available comments.

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    About Westerly Apartments

    Westerly Apartments sits in the Lakewood neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and offers independent living for adults aged 62 or older, with options for memory care and assisted living services, too. The building has studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments, all with open-air balconies on each of the seven residential floors in Westerly I and storage spaces connected right to the apartments in Westerly III. Seniors can keep cats or dogs here, and they'll find the baths and showers are set up for easy use, even for wheelchairs. There's a dedicated parking area for residents and transportation is available, along with access to public transit, banks, doctors' offices, supermarkets, and discount stores nearby since the area has good walkability.

    The Barton Senior Center on the ground floor has a technology center, library, bookstore, and a corner store, offering many ways to be social or active, and there's a large 100-seat dining room for family gatherings and a 176-seat auditorium for watching movies. The building has common areas, an activity center, a fitness room that stays open day and night, as well as a media center and convenience store. There's also a resale shop open twice a week, a beauty shop, a coffeehouse, and even a health clinic for screenings and lab work, plus an on-site podiatrist every week and a family practice available Thursdays.

    Trained staff and service coordinators help residents with daily needs, offering home care services, companionship, help with things like bathing and dressing, medication reminders, and non-medical care for those who want to remain independent. For residents with memory loss, there are supportive services to keep things safe and structured. Social, educational, and fun activities fill the calendar, aiming to keep everyone as active and involved as possible. Amenities and dining are set up to make things comfortable and convenient, and the staff try to help everyone feel settled and at home, focusing on satisfaction and helping seniors take care of themselves.

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